Luke 4
1 And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And the Spirit led him into the wilderness,
Then Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
2 forty days, to be tempted by the Calumniator. And during those days, he ate nothing; and when he had completed them, he was at last hungry.
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of that time he was hungry.
3 And the Calumniator said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 Jesus replied, and said to him: It is written, Not by bread only, doth man live; but by every thing of God.
Jesus answered him, “It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone.'”
5 And Satan conducted him to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the land, in a little time.
Then the devil led Jesus up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time.
6 And the Calumniator said to him: To thee will I give all this dominion, and the glory of it, which is committed to me, and to whom I please, I give it:
The devil said to him, “I will give to you all this authority and all their splendor, for they have been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.
7 if therefore thou wilt worship before me, the whole shall be thine.
So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours.”
8 But Jesus replied, and said to him: It is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
But Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down hence:
Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on the very highest point of the temple building, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
10 for it is written, He will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
For it is written, 'He will give orders to his angels regarding you, to protect you,'
11 and in their arms will they sustain thee, lest thou strike thy foot against a stone.
and, 'They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'”
12 And Jesus replied and said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Answering him, Jesus said, “It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'”
13 And when the Calumniator had finished all his temptations, he departed from him for a time.
When the devil had finished testing Jesus, he went away and left him until another time.
14 And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, to Galilee; and fame concerning him spread in all the region around them.
Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire surrounding region.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, and was lauded by every one.
Then he began to teach in their synagogues and he was praised by all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he went, as he was accustomed, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and rose up to read.
He came into Nazareth, where he had been raised, and as was his custom, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read aloud.
17 And there was delivered to him the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book, and found the place where it is written:
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; and therefore he hath anointed me to proclaim tidings to the poor; and hath sent me to heal the contrite in heart, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; and to send away the contrite with forgiveness of their sins;
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to tell good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the book, and gave it to the servitor, and went and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing upon him.
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them: This day, is this scripture which ye have heard, fulfilled.
He began to speak to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 And all bare him witness, and admired the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth; and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
Everyone there spoke well of him and they were amazed at the gracious words which were coming out of his mouth, and they asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?”
23 Jesus said to them: Perhaps, ye will speak to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: and whatever we have heard of thy doing in Capernaum, do thou here also in thy city.
He said to them, “Surely you will say this proverb to me, 'Doctor, heal yourself. Whatever we heard that you did in Capernaum, do the same in your hometown.'”
24 And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There is no prophet who is acceptable in his own city.
But he said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is received in his own hometown.
25 And I tell you the truth, that there were many widows in the house of Israel, in the days of Elijah the prophet, when the heavens were closed up three years and six months, and there was a great famine in all the land:
But in truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came upon all the land.
26 but to no one of them was Elijah sent, except to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a widow woman.
But Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in Sidon, to a widow living there.
27 And there were many leprous in the house of Israel, in the days of Elisha the prophet; but none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.
There were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, but none of them were healed except Naaman the Syrian.”
28 And when they heard these things, those in the synagogue were all filled with wrath.
All the people in the synagogue were filled with rage when they heard these things.
29 And they rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the top of the hill on which the city was built, that they might cast him down from the rock.
They got up, forced him out of the town, and led him to the cliff of the hill on which their town was built, so they might throw him off the cliff.
30 But he passed through the midst of them, and went away.
But he passed through the middle of them and he went to another place.
31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee; and taught them on sabbath days.
Then he went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and he began to teach them on the Sabbath.
32 And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was authoritative.
They were astonished at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
33 And there was in the synagogue a man, in whom was an unclean demon: and he cried out, with a loud voice,
Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
34 and said: Let me alone: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarean? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy One of God.
“Ah! What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
35 And Jesus rebuked him, and said: Shut thy mouth; and come out of him. And the demon threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, having not harmed him at all.
Jesus rebuked the demon, saying, “Do not speak! Come out of him!” When the demon had thrown the man down in the middle of them, he came out of him, and did not harm him in any way.
36 And wonder seized every one, and they talked together, and said: What a word is this! For, with authority and efficiency, he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out
All the people were very amazed, and they kept talking about it with one another. They said, “What kind of words are these? He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out.”
37 And his fame went out into all the surrounding region.
So news about him began to spread into every part of the surrounding region.
38 And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was afflicted with a severe fever: and they besought him in her behalf.
Then Jesus left the synagogue and entered into the house of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a high fever, and they pleaded with him on her behalf.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. And immediately she arose and ministered to them.
So he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and started serving them.
40 And when the sun was set, all those that had sick persons, afflicted with divers diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hand on every one of them, and healed them.
When the sun was setting, people brought to Jesus everyone who was sick with various kinds of diseases. He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
41 And demons went out of many, crying out and saying: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and suffered them not to say, that they knew him to be Messiah.
Demons also came out from many of them, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” Jesus rebuked the demons and would not let them speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
42 And at the dawn of day, he went out and retired to a desert place. And the multitudes sought him, and went out to him, and held him fast, that he might not retire from them.
When daybreak came, he went out into a solitary place. Crowds of people were looking for him and came to the place where he was. They tried to keep him from going away from them.
43 And Jesus said to them: It behooveth me to announce the kingdom of God to other cities also; for therefore was I sent.
But he said to them, “I must also preach the good news about the kingdom of God to many other cities, because this is the reason I was sent here.”
44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Then he continued to preach in the synagogues throughout Judea.
